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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1978
MAIN INCREASES AND DECREASES AT THE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1977 AND DECEMBER 1977
INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CHANGE OF
DEC. 1977
OVER SEPT. 1977
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
PERSONS
ENGAGED IN PERSONS
%
INDUSTRY SECTOR DEC. 1976
SEPT. 1977
DEC. 1977
ENGAGED CHANGE
GARMENTS
211,098
194,449
198,519
+4,070 +2.1
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
12,880
14,401
15,326
+925 +6.4
HANDBAGS
13,139
11,575
12,215
+640
+5.5
CONTAINERS AND
BOXES OF PAPER
AND PAPER BOARD
6,956
6,590
7,205
+615
+9.3
HAND TOOLS AND
GENERAL HARDWARE
6,599
6,855
7,440
+585
+8.5
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
70,998
72,210
70,188
-2,022
-2.8
WOOL KNITTING
16,789
17,782
15,796 -1,986
-11.2
PLASTIC TOYS
41,119
$3,992
42,369
-1,623
-3.7
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN
21,403
22,743
21,516
-1,227
-5.4
MISCELLANEOUS
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
28,990
30,118
29,215
-903
-3.0
GLOVES
12,256
12,048
11,395
-653
-5.4
JOB PRINTING
14,661
15,131
14,554
-577
-3.8
DETAILED FIGURES OF EMPLOYMENT BROKEN DOWN BY OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS OR INDUSTRY SECTORS ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.